After many trial and error I had no luck with most suggestions in here. I got it mine to work with SEF URL ON and Apache Rewrite OFF. Then I renamed the htaccess.txt to .htaccess and mine worked fine after that.

I managed to get this to work. On some servers the default is correct. But for some, you have to do a few things (apache and some versions of xampp, for example). Depending on your version of Apache you just have to change the htaccess file to .htaccess only, on some you have to turn on apache rewrite only, and on the rest you have to do both. Just make sure if you rename your htaccess, make sure no other file that has it in the name (rename, delete, or move to a folder if you want to keep a backup)

I am having this problem too. When Apache mod_rewrite & Search Engine Friendly URLs are both checked as on, I get a Not found 404 message.

I went and renamed the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess... I did this thru the C-Panel file manager (was that right?)

But still having this problem.Have no idea how to re-write any insider files, like the htacces file... what do I do?

Funny thing is I had this problem with my first website, and in the end gave up trying to sort it out. But then somehow it changed all by itself at some stage to accept the SEF URLs.. and I have no idea how that happened.

Turn on "Use Apache mod_rewrite" within the Joomla Global Config. Then rename the htaccess.txt file in your web directory to .htaccess

I have done this but it makes no difference. (of course I am also selecting Search Engine Friendly URLs).

People speak of the plugin but which plugin? I have just taken over management of my site so I'm not sure what might or might not be installed. I have found http://www.artio.net/joomla-extensions/joomsef but when you get to the download section there are 35 different programs to load all called joomsef. Which ones do I need? Is this even the right plugin?

I used it and my site was in a subfolder I acticated the three options for search friendly urls in the joomla admin global config and then changed the name of the htaccess file from htaccess.txt to .htaccess this file is perhaps inactive until changed.

Thank you for that link, it looks informative but I can't completely load their page and there is no template (LOL). Have been trying to load it now since yesterday.When it gets to here <<<If you get “404 page not found” or “Error 500 – Internal Server Error” errors, read on for additional configuration and troubleshooting information.>>> ... which is the part I need - I can't make anything out after that.

But there must be a simple answer for this problem. Because with my first website it drove me crazy, changing all sorts of things but I couldn't get SEF to work and I finally gave up. Then at some stage it changed and SEF works perfectly when turned on... and I have no idea why.

I did not change anything inside the htaccess.txt file as I don't have enough knowledge to do that, and I never changed the name, it is still named htaccess.txt and now the SEF works. I have no idea what changed.

Is there anywhere that has REALLY easy step-by-step instructions on how to change the text inside the htaccess file? All of what I have found goes way over my head, and I don't even know where to go to make the changes recommended.

renaming htaccess.file???Hi, I am pretty much a newbie and really struggling with my Joomla site and SEF URL's.So to get the apache rewrite to work, apparently I need to change the name of the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess.OK, I did this thru cPanel, by clicking on the file and choosing rename.But a file is still there named as the original htaccess.txt and I can’t see the new .htaccess... so I tried to rename it again and it said there was already a file with this name... but I cannot see it.And now in the ACE SEF extension, it now tells me there is a problem with my .htaccess file.Am I not actually able to rename this file thru cPanel?And if not, exactly how do I go about it please?

One thing I have not seen here. If you created your Joomla in a subfolder and then copied it to the main folder, change the htaccess.txt in the subfolder you originally created it in to .htaccess AND before you change it upload it into your public_html folder as well. THEN change that one to .htacess as well. Before doing that I changed the existing one to htaccessold.txt

Hello Guys,I'm getting a blank page when I go to my webpage www.curriculumpanama.com when TURN ON the SEF ON. I've also change the .htaccess.txt to .htaccess I've also uncommented this line from the .htaccess file "RewriteBase /"

Hi all, I am having problems with my google analytics so I thought that the problem was that I didn´t have enabled the "Search engine friendly URL´s", am I correct? I mean, this could be a reason for google analytics not working?. On my google analytics overviw page It is shown the warning message meaning that it have not been correctly implemented.

Well, the thing is that after I enabled "Search engine friendly URL´s" all my page links were broken (the main page still works) and this message was shown:Not Found

The requested URL /nuestras-bases was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

this htaccess.txt code below worked for me, just copy and paste, save as htaccess.txt, upload to server, rename to .htaccess, THEN go into global config in Joomla and turn the THREE SEO settings on. hope it provides an option for someone.

this htaccess.txt code below worked for me, just copy and paste, save as htaccess.txt, upload to server, rename to .htaccess, THEN go into global config in Joomla and turn the THREE SEO settings on. hope it provides an option for someone.

A client of mine has a Joomla 2.5 website and I am trying to enable the SEF URL structure. I followed the suggestion by renaming my file from htaccess.txt -> .htaccess, upon renaming the file I went to the back end and toggled the 3 settings to Yes under the global configuration:- Search Engine Friendly URLs- Use URL rewriting- Adds Suffix to URL

This did not work. Then I noticed the clients site is setup as follows, http://www.polygonhomes.com/polygon/ so I inputted the '/polygon/' into the htaccess.txt file in the RewriteBase /polygon/. Reuploaded the .txt file and renamed to .htaccess and still the SEF URLs were a no go.

I am not sure what the problem is, however, I also have a component, iProperty, that will need their URLs to be SEF as well.

Stuck and don't know what to do.

Attached is the .txt file for your reference.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers Andrew.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

Following codes worked for me in .htaccess I have tried all but nothing was working. Also called godaddy and they told me the mod_rewrite is on by default. Anyway, i am happy and just like to confirm others that just paste these codes into new text file, name it .htaccess, upload to your server and you will be happy one like me. see the site working with good keywords in url at http://www.labaiktours.com. Thanks bashmentyard for your help.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum